1 fertile egg, 1 unfertile

thehotchik1000 · #1 06-22-2009, 03:16 PM

HI everyone,

So this is a first for me. The last of what I thought all my fertile eggs hatched today in one of my tokay tanks. So I was removing all the infertile eggs that the female didnt take care of herself. The reason that i think she didnt eat them is because she laid two eggs on top of a fertile egg. That was the one that just hatched. So when I was candeling the new ones at first I thought because the bottom egg was infertile the top one was pink because of the fertile egg underneath it. Well come to find out today one is fertile and one is not. Does anyone know why this happened or have had this experience themselves? Also the unfertile egg is shaped properly but the fertile one$ is a bit smushed. I dont think that will affect the neonate inside of it. So now I am incubating this one in the incubator since when I took it off the wall of the tank it was not harmed. I did place it in the container the same way it was on the wall so i didnt harm the kiddo in it. Also I got a great picture of the last one pipping. Which ive never seen so i was pretty excited about that. Any input is welcomed. Thanks
Morgan
Ps you can see how the female clumped all the eggs together in one of the pictures

Saille · #2 06-22-2009, 04:06 PM

Nice pipping and hatchling pics! Grats, I hope you get more healthy Tokaylets!

cliff_f · #3 06-23-2009, 12:12 AM

I have tokays lay one fertile and one infertile egg every once in a while. I really dont know why they do it but it does not effect the other egg at all and is nothing to worry about. The next clutch usually both eggs are fertile.

thehotchik1000 · #4 06-23-2009, 01:55 AM

a thought came to mind that maybe there wasn't enough retained sperm for both eggs. One is better than none though.

Fantom6 · #5 07-10-2009, 01:55 AM

hotchick, thanks for the photos, i have never seen a tokay hatch before. That is so cool.
Cliff, is that pretty normal for Tokays to lay clutches like that (I have tokays lay one fertile and one infertile egg every once in a while. I really dont know why they do it but it does not effect the other egg at all and is nothing to worry about. The next clutch usually both eggs are fertile)thanks for the info